8/4/2019 The Oredigger Issue 5 - October 3, 2011
1/12
T H E O R E D I G G E RVolume 92, Issue 5 October 3, 2011
The student voice of the Colorado School of Mines
CSM beats Fort
Lewis at home-
coming game
Sports 8
w w w . O R E D I G G E R . n e t
Opinion 10
Features 4
News 3
Satire 11
Latest news
from around the
globe
Paninos serves
up food with an
Italian air
Minds at Mines:
The greatest
invention
Victoria Justice
or Pacos Tacos
Im in a very sad time now, as I
look at whats going on in this world.
Im sick to my stomach. Maybe its
my fault too. Maybe I sat on my duff
after I left NASA Maybe some
of you need to get off your duffs,
mused former shuttle astronautDale Gardner about the state of
the space program. He presented
to the Mines campus a passionate
argument for future human explora-
tion combined with a lighthearted
look back at his experiences in the
Shuttle program.
Gardner, a retired US Navy cap-
tain, holds a degree in Engineering
Physics from the University of Il-
linois. He participated in two shuttle
missions STS-8 on Challenger in
August, 1983, and STS-51A on
Discovery in November, 1984. He
was also scheduled to participate
in a mission launched from Vanden-
burg Air Force Base in California,but the mission was canceled after
the Challenger disaster. Gardner is
currently the assistant laboratory
director at NREL and a resident of
Golden.
Deborah Good
Content Manager
COURTES KEN THOMSLEY / NASA
Continued atAstronauton page 3
Astronaut landson Mines campus
Tri Mumpuni has a passion for
the poor. Mumpuni, the Hennebach
lecture guest speaker, described her
experiences and role in using micro-
hydro technology to as she works to
bring power to those less fortunate.
For several decades, Mumpunihas been coordinating renewable
energy projects in rural areas of
various countries and has been very
pleased with the results as sustain-
able energy has been established in
many rural villages across the world.
In Indonesia, for example, 100 mil-
lion of its 243 million citizens do
not receive power to their homes.
These 100 million people reside in
roughly 30,000 villages that have
no electricity. In the few villages
that do receive government subsi-
dized power, the voltage is reduced
dramatically by the time it reaches
them. This lack of electricity can be
attributed to the fact that the Indo-
nesian government has a central
power grid that attempts to spreadpower all across the main islands,
as opposed to having smaller, local
sources of power. It is problems like
these that Mumpuni and her col-
leagues combat, Using [their] brain,
using [their] heart in attempting to
solve them.
Microscale power
aids less fortunateZachary Tanner
Staff Writer
Continued atPoweron page 3
The Mines marching band preforms in downtown Golden during the homecoming day parade on Saturday morning.
STEVEN WOOLDRIDGE / OREDIGGER
The Space Shuttle Discovery, during its operational
period, sits on the launchpad, awaiting launch.
Tri Mumpuni has spent decades nding innovative ways to
provide sufcient power to the rural areas of Indonesia.
COURTESY KEN WHITE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT
8/4/2019 The Oredigger Issue 5 - October 3, 2011
2/12
n e w s october 3, 2011page 2
w w w . O R E D I G G E R . n e t
Oredigger Staff
Ryan Browne
Editor-in-Chief
Katie HuckfeldtManaging Editor
Robert GillBusiness Manager
Steven WooldridgeWebmaster
Barbara AndersonDesign Editor
Zach BoernerCopy Editor
Will ParkerAsst. Design Editor
Ian LittmanAsst. Business Manager,
Web Content
Carissa SummerfeltAsst. Business Manager
Trevor CraneContent Manager
Deborah GoodContent Manager
Stephen HejducekContent Manager
Headlines from around the worldLocal News
The Daltons, a Golden cou-ple, was charged with conspir-
acy to commit mail fraud, wirefraud and interstate transpor-tation of stolen fund last Fridaywhen they were accused of op-perating a $17 million scheme.
They allegedly operated a com-pany called Universal ConsultingResources LLC which attractedinvesters from 13 states, whosefunds they used to pay for theirhome, car and daughters wed-ding.
Last Wednesday, the GoldenCity Council voted to drain LionsPark Pond and ll it with dirt.
This will be completed by No-
vember of this year.
Dr. Roel Snieder, a Geophys-ics professor, has been awardedHonorary Membership by theSociety of Exploration Geo-physicists. This membershipis awarded to those who havemade distinguished contribu-tions to exploration geophys-ics, a related eld or to the ad-vancement of the profession ofexploration geophysics throughservice to the Society.
According to the U.S. Newsand World Report, Mines rankssecond in the country for per-centage of undergraduates par-ticipating in internships, with 81percent of its 2010 graduatingclass reporting internship expe-rience. American University wasrst, with 85%.
Joshua Kleitsch, Staff Writer
Joshua Kleitsch, Staff Writer
An al-Qaeda leader of Ameri-can birth was killed by a predatordrone strike in Yemen last week,marking the rst time in the waron terrorism that an Americanhas been directly targeted. Theleader in question was Anwar al-
Awlaki. Born an American and anoutspoken al-Qaeda activist, hewas considered by the Central In-telligence Agency to be the mostdangerous English-speaking pro-pagandist working for al-Qaeda.
The North Korean propagandateam has been running a mas-
sive campaign over the last yearto elevate the future leader ofNorth Korea in the minds of thepeople. Kim Jong-un, the son ofcurrent president Kim Jong-il, isa four-star general at the age of28, and is slated to take over forhis father soon. The propagandateam in North Korea have shownthe elite leaders of the regimebowing to Kim Jong-un at stateevents, and have carefully craftedhis public image to make himlook like his grandfather, theGreat Leader who foundedthe nation.
An American delega-tion of four Republicansenators visited the Lib-
yan capital of Tripoli lastweek to speak with thetransitional governmentthat is in place there.
The delegation begantalks with those takingover control of Libyaseeking to build ties
with the new statenow that Col. Qaddahas been successfullyousted. American inves-
tors are watching the talks closely,in hopes that they will be able totrade with Libya in the near future.
Germanys Parliament hasvoted to increase the bailoutpackage for several states thathave been unable to pay theirdebts. While this a great step forthe European Union as a whole,it will be slow in having an effect.Every country in the EU has toapprove the move, and with 17countries represented that cantake a considerable amount oftime.
Inmates in one of Californiashigh-security prisons have beenperforming a hunger strike sinceMonday, refusing all state-provid-ed meals. Their stated goal is toforce the state of California to
improve the living conditions
inside the prison, where manyinmates live in total isolation. Theprison ofcials have stated thatthey will discipline any inmate thatparticipates in the strike.
The nations largest banks arebeginning to levy debit cardtransaction fees against con-
sumers, coming in the form of amonthly charge to account hold-ers who use their debit cards.
The average monthly fees rangefrom $3 to $5. This comes asa result of a new rule that limits
the banks ability to charge mer-chants transaction fees for debitcard purchases. Transaction feesused to be about $0.44, and nowthey are limited by law to $0.24per purchase.
Ames Research Center
California - Researchers atthe Ames Research Center, aNASA laboratory, have createdthe most accurate simulation ofthe universe, running on NASAsPleiades supercomputer. The
simulation, called Bolshoi,great in Russian, used datafrom NASAs WMAP Explorermission as a starting point, andcomputed how the universeshould evolve from that state.
The WMAP Explorer has beenmapping the Microwave Back-ground Radiation, the radiationthat resulted from the Big Bang.
Copenhagen, Denmark - Further validating Einsteins theory, agroup of researchers in Denmark have conrmed that the way light es-capes the clusters conforms with Einsteins General Theory of Relativity.
Einsteins theory of general relativity states that the gravitational pull of anobject warps time and space around it. This effect should be observedin the way light is observed leaving a galaxy cluster. Galaxy clusters arecomposed of thousands of galaxies, which results in a large gravita-tional pull. Einstein postulated that light emitted from the center of thecluster would be detected at a longer wavelength than the light towardthe outer edges, a phenomenon known as gravitational redshifting.
Ann Arbor, Michigan - Inan ongoing study of epidemiol-ogy in South America, research-ers at the University of Ann
Arbor have postulated that thenew roads connecting remotevillages deep in the forests ofEcuador have increased theincidence of antibiotic-resistantmicrobes. They believe thatthe roads have made it easierfor these resistant microbes totravel from hospitals in larger
cities. They also hypothesizethat the new roads increase theavailability of common antibiot-ics. When these antibiotics areused liberally they cause themicrobes to build up resistance.
This study shows that roads area contributor to the spread ofantibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Odense, Denmark - Batsproduce their high-pitched loca-tor beacon using a set of super-fast muscles that vibrate at veryhigh frequencies. Researchers atthe University of Southern Den-mark discovered this remarkableability, nding that bats have aset of weak muscles that are
able to contract at speeds up to100 times faster than a humansmuscles. These muscles are ableto produce a set of 190 calls ev-ery second. The researchers alsofound that the bats brain wasable to process the responsesfrom these calls even faster, be-ing able to run through 800 re-sponses per second.
8/4/2019 The Oredigger Issue 5 - October 3, 2011
3/12
n e w soctober , 2011 page 3
w w w . O R E D I G G E R . n e t
Mumpunis solution to this prob-lem is micro-hydro power. Micro-hydro power is the idea of imple-menting hydraulic power on a muchsmaller, village-sized scale. Water isdiverted from a local river and pipeddown to a small facility with a turbineand generator, which converts thepotential energy of the upriver wa-ter into usable electrical energy. Thisenergy is then wired directly into thevillage for the people, while the wateris dumped downriver, unpolluted.
As with all things in life, Mum-puni admits, there are drawbacksthat accompany the advantages.Economically, it is nearly three and
a half times as expensive to powera village through sustainable micro-hydro plants as it would be to usegovernment-subsidized power.However, the cheaper price is onlyrelevant for the few villages that havethe opportunity to connect to the In-donesian central power grid. It is upto Mumpuni to then explain to manyvillages why sustainable power isworth the extra cost. She demon-strates the impact the system willhave on future generations and thebenets of good, clean, sustainableenergy.
Then Mumpuni can begin tomake the vision a reality. In order tomaterialize these projects, she rstcoordinates with outside companies
to provide capital for the villages.Then once these micro-hydro plantshave been completed, the villagesbegin to take ownership as they seean increase in income, productivity,efciency, and overall standard of liv-ing. The prots are then split up be-tween the investing companies andthe village.
There are two distinct advan-tages to having a localized, sustain-able power source. The rst, sepa-
Gardner told a few amus-ing stories about practical life inspace. One difcult aspect ofspace ight is adjusting to thegravitational differences and theresulting changes in motion. Forthe rst twenty-four to thirty-sixhours, Gardner explained, motion
was difcult. When his body didadjust, it was quite abrupt. Hesaid of his rst successful instinc-tive journey around the shuttle,And all of I sudden I stoppedand I said, I dont remember com-ing up here I was in the mid-deck, [a crewmate] called me, Idont remember coming up here.
He found the reverse to be truein returning to Earth. During reen-try, Gardner recalled dropping anexpensive camera expecting it tooat and nding that unfortunatelyit fell and broke. Upon landing,he described his and his fellowcrewmates inability to stand up,because their brains expected toexpend so much less force. In or-
der to return to upright standingbefore seeing reporters, the crewdid a conga line around the shuttlebefore emerging. Gardner report-ed that, for his rst ight, returningto physical normalcy took abouttwenty-four hours and mental nor-malcy took about thirty-six to fortyhours.
A major aspect of one of Gard-ners mission was a spacewalk toretrieve a broken satellite. In order
Astronaut lands on Mines campusto catch the satellite and bring itback to the shuttle, he had to usethe manned maneuvering unit(MMU). He described ying theMMU as having No instrumentswhatsoever. Youve seen them y-ing back in the old days with thebiplanes and the guys would get
in there and theyd have the scarfand the goggles thats what itwas like. When the MMU ranlow on fuel during the spacewalk,he had the opportunity to spendabout a half an hour slowly turn-ing, attached to the satellite as itorbited earth. The satellite rstturned him towards empty space,and he described it as feeling likehe was the only person on theEarth. He then also was able towatch continents whip by whenthe satellite turned again.
In addition to his light-hearteddiscussion of shuttle missions,Gardner touched on the future ofNASA and human space explo-ration, an issue very important to
him. The shuttle was retired in Julyand there is currently no replace-ment for it. Four private contrac-tors are working on small vehiclesto convey astronauts and suppliesto the International Space Sta-tion, Obama recently proposed amission to an asteroid, and NASArecently proposed a new largelaunch vehicle. Gardner describedNASAs current approach usingan analogy. He said, You dont
build a house by calling the lum-ber yard and having them just goand dump a bunch of things onthe lot - toilets, wood, and bricksand whatever and then go andsee what you can make out of it.
Youre going to end up with fourbathrooms and one closet and no
kitchen. And thats kind of whattheyre doing here.
Gardner also offered three rea-sons to explore space. First, heargued that we, the human race,are explorers and need the op-portunities provided by space tosatiate our natural curiosity. Thinkhow boring your existence, the hu-man races existence, would be ifall we ever did was our little lives inour little places and our little jobsand we never, forever knew whatwas going on around this planet,he asked. Second, he arguedthat future generations are owedthe possible resources of space.Even if were successful with en-ergy and [the] environment we
still are going to run out of naturalresources we owe those people[in the future] the strategy and theplan for whats going to happen,Gardner argued. Third, he arguedthat space exploration creates
jobs and improves the economy,saying These programs are hugetechnology and economic en-ginesyou cannot imagine whathappens in terms of jobs andtechnology.
Astronaut Dale Gardner spoke at Mines regarding the cur-
rent state and future of space travel.
BEN TRAQUAIR / OREDIGGER
ration from the national power grid,is a double-edged sword. On theone hand, if the rural villages havetheir own independent power, thenational grid can concentrate theirresources on the industries in theurban areas. On the other hand, ifany failure occurs on the nationalgrid, the rural villages would be unaf-fected.
The second, and arguably mostimportant, advantage to sustainablemicro-hydro power lies within thefuture dividends of the community.
As mentioned, the presence of elec-tricity in the village allows productiv-ity and efciency to skyrocket. The
village is then able to produce newproducts that were previously im-possible or extremely labor-intensiveto make. This result, along with thefact that the village has an increasedefciency, leads to a much greaterincome for the village. Much of thismoney is used to improve schoolingand health clinics within the village.Mumpuni described this as a smalltime in history [where] children cango to school, because the villagenally has themoney.
A greatexample thatwitnesses tothe successof Mumpunis
work is theIndonesian vil-lage of CintaMekar. Withtheir newmicro-hydropower, CintaMekar nowp r o d u c e s120kW ofpower at itspeak.
As Mumpuni continues to ghtfor the poor in Indonesia, she basesher work on three distinct principlesthat she believes bring about Intrin-sic Empowerment.
The rst is local community re-spect. Mumpuni understands thatsustainable energy cannot be forcedon a community, especially due tothe overhead costs. Secondly, shenotes the importance of participa-tory development within the projectcommunity. It is important that thelocal villagers take ownership of theproject and understand how to runand repair the micro-hydro plantwhen problems arise. Lastly, she
touches on community empower-ment, as an electried village bringsgreater opportunities and responsi-bilities.
These basic principles bring abouta Humanity-Based Ecology (socialbusiness paradigm) and a Growth-Based Economy (commercial busi-ness paradigm). It is through thesethings that you become a Globalcitizen-hero and a corporate war-rior.
Microscale poweraids
less fortunate
How a microhydro system works.
COURTESY ENERGYSAVERS.GOV
Russia - Prime Minister VladimirPutin has announced his candidacyin next years presidential election.Putin stood down as president in2008 for constitutional reasonswhich forbid over two consecutiveterms. His successor and protgDmitry Medvedev then ensured hisappointment to the more ceremo-nial role of Prime Minister. Medve-dev is now poised to step asidein the upcoming election, allowingPutin to regain the presidency withMedvedev taking the role of PrimeMinister.
Europe - Amide rumors of apotential Greek government de-fault, multiple European govern-ments ratied the expansion of theEuropean Bailout Fund to 440billion this week with the hope ofallaying market fears. There is stilldoubt in the markets that the fundis large enough to take a run on theSpanish or Italian bond markets.
America has reiterated its messageto the Europeans to solve the crisispromptly, with fear that a Europeandebt crisis could tip a shaky globaleconomy into recession. Progresswith the bailout has met hurdlesdue to its deep unpopularity acrossthe electorate of many Europeancountries, who see it as bailing out
their nancially irresponsible neigh-bours.
Yemen - The al-Qaeda activistAnwar al-Awlaki was killed by a USdrone strike in eastern Yemen. Thedeath of the US born cleric wasdescribed by President Obama asa major blow to al-Qaeda. Thecleric was an outspoken proponentof jihad and he has been accusedof directing or inspiring numer-ous plots against western targets,
amongst others, inspiring the manwho carried out the failed TimesSquare bombings in 2010. Thismarks the rst drone killing of an
American citizen in the War on Ter-ror.
Saudi Arabia -The Saudi King Abdullah has announced womenare to be given the right to vote.
They will have the right to standas candidates and vote in futuremunicipal elections, the next beingheld in 4 years. He also said wom-en would have the right in the fu-ture to be appointed to the all-maleShura Council, the most inuentialconsultative body in the country.King Abdullah also overturned the
sentence of 10 lashes for a womanwho deed the countries ban onwoman driving.
Colombia - A submarine be-longing to anti-government FARCrebels has been found by Colombi-an ofcials. The high-tech subma-rine can hold a crew of 5 and hasa capacity of several tonnes. Of-cials say it was used for smugglingdrugs in cooperation with organiza-tions of Colombian drug trafckersand has a range that could havereached Central America.
Ireland - $250 million in sunkentreasure was located by a US mari-time exploration company off thecoast of Ireland. The British ship, SSGairsoppa, was sunk by German
U-boats during World War II whilstdelivering 200 tonnes of silver fromCalcutta to Liverpool. It sits under4,700m of water and if recovered,would be the largest precious metalrecovery from the sea.
Global Markets - In one ofthe worst quarters in the past de-cade, stock markets have droppedacross the US and Europe. Blamehas been put on the Eurozone cri-sis shaking global condence.
News from around
the worldJoseph GroganStaff Writer
8/4/2019 The Oredigger Issue 5 - October 3, 2011
4/12
f e a t u r e s october 3, 2011page 4
w w w . O R E D I G G E R . n e t
Paninos perfect paninisTucked behind Washington Av-
enue on 12th Street, Paninos waitspatiently for their time to shine. Pre-viously known as Pandoros, thissandwich shop opened under newmanagement and a new name only
four weeks ago. Our customerbase right now are ones from theold owners that keep coming back.
They say they love it, said FreddyNg, one of the employees at Pani-nos.
As the name suggests, Paninosserves a wide variety of the Italiangrilled sandwiches called paninis. Afavorite among the employees andcustomers is the Din Don Panini,made with turkey, spinach, toma-toes, sauted onions, mozzarella,and artichoke spread. For meatlovers, there is the Mambo Italiano.For vegetarians, some paninis to tryinclude the Caprese, Quattro For-maggi, or Rhondas Special panini.
Ng also pointed out the Shrimppanini as one to try, People dontthink that we have seafood but thisone is very good. In addition topaninis, Paninos also makes saladsand pastas, has a small kids menu,and serves a variety of eggs andcroissants for breakfast.
One of the things that makes
Paninos different from other sand-wich shops in town is that we usehigh quality meat and gourmetcheese, said July Brouillette, own-er of the shop. Next week, pricechanges will go into effect, in thehopes that it will be more afford-able to students and the commu-nity. Also in the near future, Paninoswill start offering a wrap option totheir 16 different sandwiches withtortillas such as spinach and herbof sun-dried tomato.
Although business only starteda few weeks ago, this little bakeryand sandwich shop has big plans.
They have already started with afew perks, including free Wi-Fi and
a 10% student discount when IDis shown. Paninos intends to turntheir small table-and-chairs seat-ing into more of a lounge feel witha few couches. They also planto have live music on Friday andSaturday evenings. We want thisto be a hangout for college kids.
Thats why we offer board game
checkouts and we hope to put in TVs soon, said Brouillette. Onelittle-known fact about this shop isthat Brouillette bakes fresh pastriesto sell in addition to the wide pa-nini selection. They take custom or-ders for cupcakes, wedding cakes,birthday cakes, and even cater. Thestudent discount is still available onthese orders as well.
Paninos will be posting adver-tisements in the Student Center inthe coming weeks, which will in-clude specials for the week. Withtheir wide variety of food and plansfor the future, Paninos is sure to be-come one of the new hot spots intown.
Baseball is a sport that hasbeen riddled with problems inrecent years, including steroidabuse and wide payroll disparities.Moneyball, unlike other baseballmovies, is not directly about thesport, but rather the economicsbehind the creation of a team.Billy Beane, general manager ofthe Oakland Athletics, portrayedby Brad Pitt, was given the impos-sible task of creating a winningbaseball team with no money andno star players.
The movie began with the Ath-letics loss of their three star play-ers, including Jason Giambi, toteams with larger payrolls. Givenless than twenty million dollars fora budget, Beane had little room towork with when it comes to draft-ing players, who cost a minimumof $200,000 each.
Jonah Hill played Peter Brand,a young graduate from Yale Uni-versity who, despite or perhaps
because of having little knowl-edge of baseball fundamentals,questioned long-standing recruit-ment procedures. Brand usedmath and a self-derived formulafor a players ability to get on baseand score runs to evaluate utilityinstead of conventional methods.
Therefore, after adopting Brandsstrategy, Beane drafted playerswho walked often or were consid-ered useless or odd, but not thosewho bunted frequently.
During the course of the mov-ie, Beane led the Athletics to thelongest winning streak in baseball
history, a path on which anxiety,drama, comedy, suspense, anddespair followed him. He believedthat he was jinxed. Whether hewas reconciling differences withhis wife, supporting his youngdaughter, or not watching a base-ball game, nothing in Beanes lifetook a positive turn. This remainedtrue until the end of the lm. His
daughters words describe how hefelt about himself perfectly, Youresuch a loser, dad. However, hislegacy was completely different.
Pitt and Hill worked almostawlessly together. Pitt brought hisbest to this lm with great drama,anger, and passion. Though it wasa departure from his usual roles,Hill played an astute Yale graduatewell. Scene transitions were im-pressive and owed smoothly asashbacks and scene cuts lled inpivotal information about Beanespast and present. The lighting inthe movie also portrayed emo-tion. In addition to being dark forangry and light for happy or hope-ful, light was used to encourage
disgust or to describe somethingBeane found unpleasant. Thelms music was dramatic andsimple. It also dropped out at keymoments when Beane was at hislowest. It was actions like thesethat brought out this lms mostdramatic and climactic moments.
Critics and fans agree that thislm is great. The combination ofamazing acting, suspenseful anddelicate music, and furious pas-sion allows viewers to really con-nect with the actors in the lm.
Therefore, this lm receives a solid9.1/10.
The most recent popular thrilleris not one that ends with destruc-tion, but rather a realistic look at apossible catastrophic disease out-break. The lm, Contagion, is di-rected by Steven Soderbergh andstars Matt Damon, Kate Winslet,Jude Law, and Gwyneth Paltrow.
The lm manages to depict an ac-curate and enthralling story of amodern epidemic. While at timesa tad slow, the lm as a whole is
brought together in its enlighteningpresentation of a potential pan-demic.
In the beginning of the lm,Beth Emhoff (Gwyneth Paltrow) isshown with u-like symptoms inan airport, preparing to head homeafter a trip to Hong Kong. Within afew days of arriving home, she ispronounced dead due to an un-known infection. Her son later con-tracts the disease and is also founddead. Her husband, Mitch Emhoff(Matt Damon), shows no symp-toms despite contact with both,revealing his immunity to the fast-spreading, fatal infection. Shortlyafterwards, multitudes of peopleexhibiting the diseases symptomsare seen, and the race for a cure
from the Centers for Disease Con-trol and Prevention (CDC) becomecrucial to curbing the infection.
All the while, Mitch and hisdaughter stay conned to theirhome to avoid contracting the dis-ease that is taking millions of livesworldwide. Alan Krumwiede (JudeLaw) becomes a major componentof the story as a journalist who be-lieves the epidemic is part of a gov-ernment conspiracy, and as theysearch for a cure, he claims toalready have one, called forsyth-ia. Broadcasting his placebo in anon-line webcast, Krumweide gainsmillions of followers who demandthe drug. In a scene at a local phar-macy, forsythia vaccinations arebeing distributed to a line of peoplethat extends outside the building.Upon hearing that only fty vacci-nations are available, chaos breaksloose as those in the back of theline rush to the front to obtain themedicine. This is the turning pointof the lm, where civilization givesway to anarchy.
From this point forward, themovies main focus is on ndingthe cure. At the movies climax, Dr.Hextall (Jennifer Ehle) tests a vac-cination and exposes herself to herdying father. After the confronta-tion, she remains disease-free.
Therefore, Dr. Hextall increases theproduction of the vaccine for wide-spread use and eventual contain-ment of the infection.
In summation, the lm employsa decent cast bringing to life amodern, realistic scene. The lmalso captures multiple interestingsubplots to increase the audiencesengagement in the story. However,those expecting an apocalyptic lmwhere disease kills all but one lead-ing up to an I Am Legend plot willbe disappointed.
Moneyball nearcinema perfectionStephen Hejducek
Staff Writer
Luke McPherson
Staff Writer
Dont talk, dont touch
A forty-year resident of Goldenwas tragically shot and killed in Oc-tober of 1912. Mrs. Daniel Theo-bald was shot and instantly killed ina shotgun accident. Her son Dan-iel, a miner in Cripple Creek, camehome to visit the family farm andhunt deer. She met him at Floyd hillwith the family wagon. The young-er Theobald loaded his shotgun inan attempt to hunt rabbits on theway home. According to TheColorado Transcript, He placedthe gun, muzzle up, between hismother and himself. Upon arriv-ing at the ranch, both Theobaldsattempted to alight from the wag-on. The loaded gun fell over and
discharged. Mrs. Theobald washit with a full charge of shot in thebreast. She quickly fell into uncon-sciousness and died. She wasa respected long-term residentof Golden, a member of the localWomen of Woodcraft Circle andwas survived by ve daughters andfour sons.
In addition to the unfor-
tunate death of Mrs. Theobald,Donald Parshall shot and instantlykilled himself at his home Tuesdayevening [October 1, 1912], usinga 22-calibre rie, reported TheColorado Transcript. Parshallcame home and worked on a sui-cide note to his mother before go-ing into the bathroom and shootinghimself in the head. He was de-scribed as a particularly ambitious
youth who had for many yearssuffered at intervals from epilepsywhich always left him in a despon-dent frame of mind. The letterindicated he decided to commitsuicide because he wanted to al-leviate his mothers worry about hispoor health. He was survived byhis mother with whom he lived, asister, and a brother.
On a lighter note, Demo-crats of Golden founded a Wilson-Marshall club to support then presi-dential candidate Woodrow Wilsonthis week in 1912. At WoodmanHall, almost all of the county anddistrict democratic candidatesgave speeches. The Colorado
Transcript felt, this demonstratesthat the democrats of Golden areup and doing.
Deborah Good
Content Manager
This week in Colorado history
The outside patio and entrance to Paninos
CARMELLA CALTAGIRONE / OREDIGGER
Carmella Caltagirone
Staff Writer
COURTESY SONY PICTURES
Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) contemplates the Oakland As.
COURTESY WARNER BROTHERS
A health warning from the
movie.
Death and Politics
8/4/2019 The Oredigger Issue 5 - October 3, 2011
5/12
f e a t u r e soctober 3, 2011 page 5
w w w . O R E D I G G E R . n e t
A standard dictionary denes ageek as a scientically and techno-
logically advanced person with so-
cial shortcomings. However, after
perusing the college campus and
hopelessly begging passers-by for
an interview, I realized that a true
geek is the social techie the one
who will agree to be interviewed.
Meet Andrew Furze, the geek who
is not a geek by denition.[Oredigger] Whats your fa-
vorite thing about your major?
[Furze] Being able to take the
simplest building blocks and create
the code to do anything I want.
A homeless guy asks you a
math question. What do you do?
If its a math question I can an-
swer, Ill answer it.What do you like to do in your
free time?
Play Xbox Mess around on
my new computer, or just hang out
with my girlfriend.What type of computer?
A new one I built.How long did it take you to
build it?
Ive never done it before, so
probably an hour and a half. Mostly
because the manufacturer didnt
send me the screws I needed for
the motherboard.Call of Duty or World of War-
craft?
COD? Guess it depends which
one.
Rima Baliga
Staff Writer
Geek Weekofthe
...Andrew Furze, Junior, Computer ScienceWhich COD is your favorite?
Modern Warfare 2.Whats your favorite pick-up
line, preferably nerdy?Hey baby, Id like to lie tangent
to your curves.
Do you have any interesting
nicknames?
My old roommate calls me The
Furze. I dont know why be-
cause he decided to. My middle
school gym teacher, who cant
read, called me Furooze the rst
day of class.
What is your favorite nerdy
joke?
A physicist, a chemist, and a
mathematician are stuck on a des-ert island. They have an unlimited
supply of canned food but no way
to open the cans. The physicist
decides he can climb up a palm
tree and drop coconuts off it to hit
with enough force to open a can.
The chemist thinks he can create
an acid to eat through the metal to
open the cans. The mathematician
says assume a can opener.
Andrew Furze enjoys working on and building computers
and play Xbox games.
RIMA BALIGA / OREDIGGER
Ramen noodles has long been
known as a staple in the diets
of college students. Although
it comes in a variety of avors,
sometimes cooking it with some-
thing other than the seasoning
provided can make for a fantastic
microwave meal. With just a fewingredients, any package of ramen
can be made into a dish resem-
bling the delicious pad Thai.
Ingredients:
1 ramen noodle package (any
avor)
1 tablespoon peanut butter
teaspoon onion powder
teaspoon garlic powder
Ridiculouslyeasy Thai ramenCarmella Caltagirone
Staff Writer
1 teaspoon soy sauce
Sriracha hot chili sauce to taste
To start, cook the noodles in
the microwave according to the
directions on the package. Once
noodles are soft, break them up
and drain the excess water (how
much water you drain depends on
how thin you want the sauce to
be).
While the noodles are still hot,add and stir the peanut butter until
melted and follow with onion pow-
der, garlic powder, and soy sauce.
Start with teaspoon of hot chili
sauce, mix it all together and taste
to determine if more hot sauce is
desired. Now the ordinary ramen
package is transformed into a
plate of delicious Thai noodles!
CARMELLA CALTAGIRONE / OREDIGGER
This easy Thai dish only requires fve ingredients.
At Mines, it is not uncommon
to get lost in the world of the engi-neering. However, the presence of
English classes is certainly alive and
well. One of the reasons is Shira
Richman, a Teaching Assistant Pro-
fessor in LAIS, who advocates and
inspires the writing spirit within her
classroom.
But for Richman, a career in edu-
cation was the last path she wanted
to choose. My whole family told me
I was going to be a teacher, and I
rebelled against that for a while. In
this rebellion, Richman worked a va-
riety of jobs around the globe rang-
ing from an environmental agency
in India to social work in an Isreali
kibbutz. She has even tried her
hand at commercial shing up north
in Alaska. But recently, Richmanstravels have brought her to Golden
where she has spent the last three
years teaching at Mines. And even
though she tried to avoid the educa-
tion career, Richman truly enjoys her
job. I feel like [through teaching] I
have a lot of say on how I do things,
and I am doing something positive.
Teaching gives me a way to engage
in deep thinking and push [my stu-
dents] to do the same.
In an attempt to help her stu-
dents grow, Richman has extended
her campus presence beyond the
curricular. Richman is currently the
faculty advisor to the Board and
Gaming Club and the new Pho-
tography and Sketching Club as
An incurable caseof wanderlustLuke McPherson
Staff Writer
well.
As a result of her experiences,
Richman encourages her students
to reach for the diversity that she
has exemplied and to think outsidethe box. The students that excel
are the ones that make unusual
connections and have genuine in-
terests in the views of others. Also,
maybe you shouldnt work quite so
hard all the time. Get distracted ev-
ery once in a while!
Richman loves teaching, but is
a true creative writer at heart. When
she is not on campus, she can of-
ten be found immersing herself in a
good book or letting her imagina-
tion ow through creative writing.
Currently, Richman is working on
writing her own novel, a short story
that has ballooned into a grandiose
project.
Unfortunately for the Mines
community, this year will be Rich-mans last. Due to the state of her
husbands career, the couple will be
travelling across the Atlantic as they
move to Germany. I am very sorry
to leave this job because I love to
teach here, Richman said. Stu-
dents here are so smart and they
really try to understand how things
work. This is my favorite job I have
had, but I have an incurable case of
wanderlust. But as Richmans days
in Golden are coming to a close,
she will be living out the words of
one of her favorite authors, Johann
Wolfgang von Goethe, Whatever
you can do or dream you can, begin
it. Boldness has genius, power, and
magic in it.
Beirut proves themselvesunpredictably endearingLucy Orsi
Staff Writer
Beirut doesnt make a lot of
sense in todays indie scene. They
dont t into the electronic synth
style pop music or the acoustic
melancholy music or even the re-
ned garage band punk. In fact,when I tried to think of bands
that Beirut reminded me of, I was
stumped.
I could only think of a region
that Beirut made me think of, and
that was Eastern Europe. Still,
despite the fact that of all the
random instruments Beirut mixes
into their music, neither an elec-
tric nor an acoustic makes the
lineup, Beirut has found their own
niche in todays music scene.
Wednesday nights concert at the
Fillmore in downtown Denver was
evidence of exactly that.
The concert started off with
opening act Laetitia Sadier. While
her calm and understated stage
presence was charming, most ofthe audience couldnt be both-
ered to pay attention to a setlist
for which 50% of the songs were
in French.
Despite some invitations to
be quiet from Mrs. Sadier, the
audience continued to chatter on
until Beirut came on; I cant really
blame them. Her performance
seemed more suited to a coffee
house than a concert hall.
Beirut opened with a perfor-
mance of Scenic World that im-
mediately lassoed the attention
of the previously otherwise occu-
pied crowd.
Although Beiruts Eastern Eu-
ropean folk music isnt exactly
dancing music, that didnt matter
on Wednesday night as the audi-
ence swayed to the rhythm of the
accordion.
I can
not accu-
rately put
into words
the breath-
taking mo-
ments during
which Zach-
ary Condon
s t o p p e d
singing and
picked up
his trumpet
or ukelele to
play the pure
i n s t r u m en -
tal parts ofsongs. As the band played, we
couldnt help but be caught up in
the music.
It is a rare thing in todays mu-
sic world for a band to be trade-
marked by anything but the lead
singers voice, and while Con-
dons voice is a key component
to Beiruts sound, it is their in-
strumentals that really make this
band unique. I had heard these
parts on songs, but had never
truly appreciated them until I was
literally enveloped by the sounds
of trumpets and trombones.
There is richness and fullness
to this that a recording just cant
capture, not to mention the ma-
jestic image of Condon playing his
trumpet in unison with lead trum-
pet/french horn player Kelly Pratt
(who, interestingly enough, also
plays for Ar-
cade Fire)
or of Perrin
Cloutier per-
forming an
a c c o r d i o n
solo.
H i g h -
lights of the
night include
s t u n n i n g
performanc-
es of Post-
cards from
Italy and
Cherbourg
during theregular set and The Gulag Orke-
star during the second encore,
which featured an impressive
Tuba solo from Ben Lanz. While
Beirut may not be following any of
the trends of modern music, they
have made themselves welcome
in the music scene today by en-
dearing themselves to crowds
with their rich instrumentals and
the soft voice of Zachary Condon.
It is a rare thing in todays
music world for a band to be
trademarked by anything but
the lead singers voice, and
while Condons voice is a key
component to Beiruts sound,
it is their instrumentals that
really make this band unique.
8/4/2019 The Oredigger Issue 5 - October 3, 2011
6/12
Page 6 h o m e c
w w w . O R E D
After battling to the nal pos-session in close games for thepast two weeks, the Orediggersregained their passing domi-nance and erased any concernabout a third straight down-to-the-wire game as they cruisedpast Fort Lewis College 38-11 onHomecoming weekend at Camp-bell Field.
Mines dominated nearly everystatistical category, gaining 511
yards of total offense en routeto their victory. Clay Garcia, oneweek after passing for less than200 yards for only the secondtime in his career, responded byslicing up the Fort Lewis defensefor 353 yards. On the day, Garciacompleted 79.5% of his passesand tossed only eight incomple-tions in his three quarters of play.
The game started slowly forboth teams, as neither was ableto crack the scoreboard until latein the rst quarter, when Garciafound redshirt freshman DiamondGillis wide open in the corner ofthe endzone to give the Oredig-gers a lead they would not relin-quish. Mines continued to build
on that lead, scoring their thirdstraight touchdown on a 54 yardbomb to Jerrod Doucet, puttingCSM ahead 21-0 just before thehalf.
Fort Lewis nally cracked thescoreboard after the Skyhawksrecovered a Dan Palmer fumbledeep in Oredigger territory andkicked a last second eld goalto close the gap to 21-3 at the
break.On their rst drive of the sec-
ond half, Fort Lewis fed off oftheir momentum and methodi-cally drove down the eld for aquick touchdown. The Skyhawksthreatened to make the gamecompetitive after a successful twopoint conversion put the scorewithin 10, at 21-11. That was theclosest Fort Lewis ever came asthe remainder of the second halfwas dominated on both sides ofthe ball by the Orediggers.
Mines added two more touch-down passes and a 42 yard eldgoal from Colin Baker to bring thenal score to 38-11. In the lasttwo weeks, Fort Lewis has beenoutscored 85-11 and has yet towin an RMAC game.
The underlying story of thegame may have been the use ofbackup quarterback Matt Brownas a wide receiver. It was Brownssecond game as a wide out, andin the two contests, he has caught14 passes for 178 yards and ledthe team with three touchdowns.On Saturday, Brown caught twotouchdown passes and nearlyhad a third as Mines Broncos-in-spired decision began to pay off.
Junior Dan Palmer led theOrediggers in the running gamewith 57 yards on 13 carries.Freshman Tevin Champagne,in just his second semester atMines, averaged 6.1 yards percarry, gaining 49 yards on 8 car-ries.
In receiving, David Pawalekled all players with 102 yards,Brown nished with 91 yards andtwo touchdowns, Doucet added
REINVENTIN
MINES CLUB FORT LEWIS 38-Trevor Crane
Content Manager71 yards and a touchdown, andGillis had 55 yards with a touch-down.
Defensively, Mines was suffo-cating, apart from the third quar-ter touchdown drive by the Sky-hawks. In 11 drives, the Minesdefense forced ve punts, forcedtwo turnovers, and stopped theSkyhawks on two fourth downconversions.
Jerrad McKay and Josh Ruffled Mines with seven tackleseach while Alex Vigil and TylerDenson each added six. On FortLewis rst drive, defensive backBumni Adetutu delivered a bone-crunching hit that forced a fumbleand halted a long Skyhawk drive.Later in the third, safety RyanWood earned Mines other turn-over, diving out of bounds for aninterception.
Mines also continues to havea solid season in the specialteams department. PlacekickerColin Baker converted easily ona 42 yard eld goal and made allve of his point-after attempts.Kickoff specialist Russell Barriosperformed well on kickoffs, buthis most impressive feat was histwo punts for 105 yards, replac-ing starting punter Taylor Accardi.
The win moved CSM to 4-1overall, 3-1 in the RMAC. FortLewis dropped to 1-4, 0-3 in theRMAC. The Orediggers continuetheir season at CSU-Pueblo Oc-tober 6 at 6:00 PM at the Netaand Eddie Derose Thunderbowl.
The game is the NCAA Division IIgame of the week and will be na-tionally televised on CBS CollegeSports Network.
Bunmi Adetutu (#2) holds Ft. Lewis to a 0-yd punt return in the rst q
Diamond Gillis (#10) makes a 16-yard reception for an Oredigger touc
Fans exclaim M-I-N-E-S! during the ght song.
Participants and staff celebrate with Marvin after the halftime relay race.
Hunter Dunham is crowned the 2011 Homecoming Beast. Not pictured,
Megan Gift was crowned the 2011 Homecoming Queen.
8/4/2019 The Oredigger Issue 5 - October 3, 2011
7/12
Page 7o m i n g
I G G E R . n e t
Hot wings, tears, and milk were
all abundant at this years facultyhot wing eating contest organizedby Up Til Dawn, a CSM studentgroup that raises money for St.Jude Childrens Research Hospi-tal. St. Jude advances cures andmeans of prevention for pediat-ric catastrophic diseases such ascancer using research and treat-ment. Their one guiding principleis that no child is denied treatmentbased on race, religion, or a fam-ilys ability to pay.
Up Tll Dawn raised moneythrough this event by placing do-nation jars in the ofces of eachcompeting department. For every$10 donated, one regular hot wingwas replaced by a blazing wing
during the competition. The morestudents donated, the more paintheir professors suffered through.Six different departments compet-ed - Chemistry, Mathematics andComputer Science, Engineering,Residence Life, Mining Engineer-ing, and Student Activities. Eachwas given thirty hot wings and al-lowed three faculty members toeat all of them as quickly as pos-
THE WHEEL
1
PROFS POUND DOWN WINGSsible. Whichever team nished all30 rst was declared the winner.
The initial leader was the En-gineering Department. They were
able to devour 8 wings in the timeit took the others to eat 4, butthe heat hit them and they werebogged down. Towards the end,it became a competition betweenthe Chemistry and Math and Com-puter Science departments. In theend, the Math and Computer Sci-ence professors were able to han-dle the heat and proved that withrespect to hot wings, math andcomputer science is greater thanchemistry.
Upon completion of the com-petition, the competitors couldonly focus on drinking their milk.Resident Assistant Elizabeth Pet-tinger said, It was death, but in agood way. She also added that,
Milk is like heaven.This event combined the hilar-
ity of faculty coping with extremelyhot food with an important chari-table fundraiser. Over $500 wasraised for St. Jude this year, andall the students who witnessed itenjoyed quite a show. Dr. RobertRacicot best summed up the ex-perience for all participants, It wasbleeping hot.
Will Parker
Assistant Design Editor
arter.
down.Marvin pumps up the crowds lining Washington Street. The Mines band marches to the ght song.
The Engineering Department competes in Up Til Dawns annual wing eating contest.
Sororities, fraternities, and clubs competed in a oat competition during the parade.
ALL PHOTOS STEVEN WOOLDRIDGE / OREDIGGER
8/4/2019 The Oredigger Issue 5 - October 3, 2011
8/12
s p o r t s october 3, 2011page 8
w w w . O R E D I G G E R . n e t
This was a wild weekend in col-
lege football, with conference play
beginning in earnest and a choice
selection of excellent match-ups.
Contenders were exposed, heavy-
weights dominated, and many
teams nally displayed their true
colors after starting out against
weak competition.
Alabama achieved an impres-
sive road win to hold up to LSUs
early triumphs, while Oklahoma
continued its early warm-up run.
Boise State took out its frustrations
from last season against Nevada,
while Ohio State and TCU fell fur-
ther from national relevance.
The SEC East descended into
chaos, while the Big Ten hierarchy
became much clearer. Most major
conferences now have a dominant
front-runner or two, followed by a
thoroughly muddled middle of the
standings. Though the ultimate re-
sults are uncertain, the season will
certainly be exciting.
After this weekend, only fteen
of the 120 top-division teams re-
main undefeated. About one-third
of these teams reside in the former
Big 12, where schedule stufng
has resulted in a barrage of early
victories against unimpressive op-
ponents.
Seven unbeaten teams fell this
weekend, including two losers of
unbeaten-on-unbeaten games in
the Big 12. Here is the prognosis
going forward for these rst-time
losers and advice on whether their
supporters should panic yet.
Iowa State Cyclones: Yes,
somehow, ISU won their rst three
games, including a dramatic upset
of rival Iowa. Still, it was no real sur-
prise when Texas stampeded the
Cyclones. No need to panic, as a
bowl game is still well within reach.
Baylor Bears: This was a bad
weekend for Baylor, which lost in
heartbreaking fashion at Kansas
State, while their earlier marquee
win over TCU lost much of its
impressiveness when the Frogs
bowed out at home against SMU.
That shiny new national ranking is
likely gone for good, as the sched-
ules difculty increases dramatical-
ly from here. For those who were
dreaming of a conference title, it is
past time to panic.
South Florida Bulls: USF
opened the season strong, but got
buzz-sawed in the second half at
Pitt. The Big East is now devoid of
unbeaten teams, and the title race
has been thrown wide open. The
Bulls are still in it, however, as Pitts
inconsistency this season means
that they will be hard-pressed to
hold the lead in a title race. Time to
worry, but not yet to panic.
South Carolina Gamecocks:
A disappointing loss to Auburn
means that Carolinas good luck is
souring.
After a series of dramatic victo-
ries and dominating performanc-
es by RB Marcus Lattimore, the
Gamecock offense nally stalled
out in a ood of Stephen Garcia
interceptions. The Gamecocks are
muddled in a four-way deadlock in
the loss column for the SEC East
lead. However, it seems probable
that Auburn, the fourth-best side in
the West, is better than any East
team this season. Carolina is still
very much in the title hunt. Dont
James Kergosien
Staff Writer
Now that school is into full
swing here at Mines, so are the
Intramural and Club Sports Pro-
grams. Many of the clubs here at
Mines have already had at least
one game, with the rest having
games right around the corner.
The Mens Lacrosse team,
coming off of their rst win ofthe year against Regis University
(Mines: 15, Regis: 7), will be host-
ing the Mens Fall Brawl Lacrosse
Tournament. The
tournament will be
on the Athletic De-
partment Turf Field
next to Brooks Field
on 12th Street on
Saturday, October
8 from 9 A.M. to 5
P.M. Head Coach
Ryan Wallace says
I am already very
impressed with our
new group of athletes this year.
We have some fast, physical mid-
elders joining us that, combined
with a very talented attach pack,should make for some fast, ex-
citing, run-and-gun lacrosse this
year!
The teams at the tournament
will be UNC, Wyoming, Fort
Lewis, Western State, and CSU-
Pueblo, with the toughest game
of the day being against UNC. A
schedule of the days events can
be found at http://inside.mines.
edu/REC-Club-Sports-Lacrosse.
panic yet.
Florida Gators: The main reason
that Carolinas prospects are still
positive is that Florida was disman-
tled by the Crimson Tide. UF was
outscored 38-3, and quarterback
John Brantley suffered a potential
season-ending knee injury, cour-
tesy of the Tides NFL-caliber de-
fensive line. The Gators schedule
has them staring down the barrel
of three probable losses in a row
(at LSU, at Auburn, vs. Georgia).
Panic, and panic hard.
Nebraska Cornhuskers: Wis-
consin threw the Huskers a rude
welcome to the Big Ten, with a
dominant 31-point demolition in
Madison. Nebraska is clearly a long
way from the Big Ten elite, and with
unbeaten challenger Michigan im-
proving each week, the Huskers
will be hard pressed to make it to
the inaugural conference title game
at Soldier Field this December.
Time to panic in Big Red country.
Virginia Tech Hokies: Clem-
son continued its out-of-nowhere
run, beating down the Hokies in
Blacksburg. Tech looked some-
what shaky in its warm-up games,
so this is not entirely unexpected.
Tech still controls its own destiny
in the ACC, with a late-season
game against Georgia Tech loom-
ing large. However, nobody seri-
ously expected greatness from
these Hokies, so there is no need
to panic yet.
Game Picks for Week 6:
Texas by 3 vs. Oklahoma
(Upset Special!)
LSU by 20 vs. Florida
Arkansas by 4 vs. Auburn
Stanford by 17 vs. CU
Nebraska by 14 vs. Ohio State
Sunday October 9, the Mens La-
crosse Team will be having their
annual Alumni Game at 4:00 P.M.
on the turf elds .
The Ice Hockey team will be
down in Colorado Springs at the
World Ice Arena on October 7at
9:15 P.M. to play UCCS. The Ice
Hockey team will be in Arvada,
CO at the APEX Ice Arena on
October 8 to play UCCS again,
starting at 8:30 P.M. The Womens Volleyball Team
is pleased to announce that they
will be forming two teams this
year, due to the
large number of
girls that tried out!
Their rst tourna-
ment will be on
October 9, loca-
tion TBA. The next
tournament will be
on October 23,
with the location
TBA again. Please
visit their website
at http://inside.mines.edu/REC-
Club-Sports-Women-Volleyball
for more information!
The Womens Lacrosse Teamwill be participating in their rst
play day on October 8 at the Air
Force Academy, with games at
10:00 A.M. and 12:00 P.M. They
will also have a game against Uni-
versity of Denver on October 22
at the University of Denver.
Please go to http://recsports.
mines.edu/REC-Club-Sports to
nd out more about the all of the
different club sports!
Football Informant:
This week the Colorado School
of Mines volleyball continued the
winning streak they began last
Friday by defeating University of
Nebraska Kearney. They improved
their record to 11-5 (5-2 RMAC).
Tuesday night the Lady Oredig-gers faced University of Colorado,
Colorado Springs, winning 3-2.
The rst game was won, 25-20.
Mines played well earning a .440
hitting percentage. They took the
lead early on 8-1 and maintained
that lead for the entire game, not
allowing UCCS to come closer
than four points the rest of the
game.
The second game proved to be
a close loss for Mines. The ladies
had 12 kills with 12 attack errors,
giving them a .000 hitting percent-
age. The errors made by CSM kept
the game close, allowing UCCS to
win 22-25.
After a bad loss the lady Oredig-
gers came back for a win in thethird game. They greatly improved
their blocks and were able to keep
UCCS to a .000 hitting percentage.
Mines took the lead early on with a
stuff by #10 Amanda Massey and
#7 Holly Hutchinson, bringing the
score to 4-3. Mines remained in
the lead the rest of the game, even
though they only earned a .172
hitting percentage. The game win-
ning kill was provided by Hutchin-
son, nishing off UCCS 25-21.
The next game started off poor-
ly for CSM, the ladies fell behind
0-6 and couldnt catch back up.
The lady Orediggers were out hit,
with UCCS racking up a .341 hit-
ting percentage, and Mines only
achieving a .257. In the end the
girls suffered a tough defeat losing
21-25.
For those who do not know,
the fth game of a volleyball match
only goes to 15 points. It is es-
sential to take the lead early on toensure victory. At the start of the
match both teams came out ght-
ing, but Mines was able to take the
lead 5-4. The next play the referees
seemed to have missed a call by
not calling four hits on CSM. The
UCCS coach threw his binder into
the bleachers, and the referee pre-
ceded to give him a yellow card.
After this the game remained close
until #11 Melanie Wannamaker
tipped the ball earning a kill, bring-
ing the score to 10-8. From here
the Orediggers nished the game
wining 15-9 with the game win-
ning kill made by Wannamaker.
This fth game gave the Oredig-
gers the match, defeating RMAC
rival UCCS. Speaking about thematch, and the teams prepara-
tion for Colorado Christian Univer-
sity, Head Coach Jamie Skadeland
said, We need to get back to de-
fense, once we gure that out it will
help offensively. Offense is where
our strength is at.
Four days later the CSM ladies
were back on the court facing
Colorado Christian University. Like
Skadeland said, the biggest thing
they needed to focus on was their
defense.
To start off the rst game, Mines
struggled signicantly with their
passing. They fell to 2-6 before
Skadeland called a time out. Skad-
eland rallied the team and put the
teams focus back in check. After
this timeout Mines was able to play
how they needed to and turned the
game around to 10-7. From here
on the lady Orediggers were able
to take advantage of all of CCUs
mistakes to win the game 25-18. The second game started off
with an ace by Massey. It remained
a close game until CSM began
pulling away at 12-11 with a kill by
Stabell. From here the lead was in-
creased to 19-13 and the
game was won 25-20.
Mines proved victorious
by acing CCU three times
during the game and tak-
ing advantage of every
point opportunity.
Stabell started off
game three of the se-
ries with a kill to put the
Orediggers in the lead.
Kills by Wannamaker,
Johnson, Hutchinson,
Padget-Shields, and Sta-bell brought the score to
10-3. The lady Oredig-
gers were shutting down
CCU on every play until
the Cougars mounted a
serious comeback that
resulted in a CSM timeout
at 23-20. Speaking about
the comeback Skadeland
said, There were er-
rors on our part, things
needed to be better.
Our ball control wasnt
good. However, the lady
Orediggers were able to
refocus and win the game 25-20.
The lady Orediggers struggled
this game, but were able to take
the win.
This next week they will be fac-
ing two tough opponents on the
road, Regis University on Friday
and Metro St. on Saturday. Both
teams are currently ranked higher
than Mines. Speaking about theupcoming matches Coach Skad-
eland said, We will have a tough
week of practice, watching a lot of
lm on both teams. They are ex-
tremely talented, but beatable.
Volleyball continues winning streak
The real college football season begins
Ace
When a serve directly results in
a point.
Dig
A pass by the defense, after a
serve or hit by the other team.
DumpAn attack by the setter, where
instead of setting the ball for a
hit, the drop it onto the oppos-
ing teams court.
Hitting Percentage
The effectiveness of a teams of-
fense, take the total amount of
kills, subtract the errors, and di-
vide by the number of attempts.
Pancake
When a player digs the ball by
diving at on the oor and hav-
ing the ball bounce off of their
extended, at hand.
Red Card
An ejection by the referee, re-moving the offending coach or
player for the rest of the match.
Stuff
A block where the ball is sent
back into the hitters face.
Tool
When a hitter spikes the ball into
the block and earns a point by
having it deect out of bounds.
Yellow Card
A warning by the referee for un-
sportsmanlike conduct.
VolleyballJargon
Club sports areoff and runningSydney Liming
Club Sports Council
Will Parker
Assistant Design Editor
#11 Wannamaker goes for the kill.
The Mens Lacrosse
team will be hosting
the Mens Fall Brawl
Lacrosse Tourna-
ment, Sunday
October 8.
KEVIN EMERY / OREDIGGER
8/4/2019 The Oredigger Issue 5 - October 3, 2011
9/12
s p o r t soctober 3, 2011 page 9
w w w . O R E D I G G E R . n e t
When most students get sick of
doing their homework, they want tohit their head on the nearest object
until they felt better. When senior
linebacker Alex Vigil wants to vent
his academic frustration, he can
hurl his 61, 215 lb at the opposing
quarterback. Vigil, a fth-year senior
and team captain, has watched
and helped guide the football team
as the Orediggers have risen from a
squad that went 7-5 in his rst year
to one that has won 21 of its last 25
games and advanced to the NCAA
Division II tournament in 2010.
Over the past three years, Vigil
has played in 37 of 39 games,
missing only two games due to in-
juries. In 2010, Vigil led the RMAC
in fumble recoveries where he was
sixth in the nation among all DivisionII athletes. As a junior in 2009, he
led the RMAC in solo tackles with
45. He has been named the CSM
newcomer of the year and award-
ed First Team All-RMAC, Second
Team All-RMAC, and Preseason
All-RMAC honors.
Amidst all the statistical accom-
plishments, though, Vigils main
contribution is his intangible ability
to make a play when the pressure
is on. When the game is on the line
or during a critical down, Vigil has a
knack for being in the right place at
... Alex Vigil, Senior, Petroleum engineering: Football
Athlete Weekof
the
Trevor Crane
Content Managerthe right time and coming up with a
big play in the clutch. His leadership
and hard work has helped to guide
the Orediggers as they ght to de-
fend their RMAC title. For his suc-cesses, and perseverance through-
out his career as an Oredigger, Vigil
is this weeks Athlete of the Week.[Oredigger] Why did you
come to Mines?
[Vigil] Mines offers a different op-
portunity than other schools. Its a
great school and its a great edu-
cation. I wanted to go somewhere
where I could have more than just
football.How did you start playing
football and how did you end up
playing defense?
Ive played since I was eight. I
played other sports, but really liked
football. My older brother told me
that if I wanted to be tough, I should
play football.I just like playing defense. On
defense, I guess I just like hitting
people. And I liked how they always
say that defense wins champion-
ships.How is playing as a senior
different than other years?
Its kind of mix of happy and sad
emotions. I have some of my best
friends on the team, but I denitely
wont miss the morning runs or the
all-nighters doing homework.
Being a senior kind of gives you
a now or never mindset. As our
coach likes to say, you can play old-
man soccer or old-man softball, but
youll never be able to put on the
pads again.
What do you love about play-ing football?
Game day. Its kind of a relax
from people. You get to hit people
on Saturdays and take out some of
your frustration.What is your favorite play or
game-situation as a defender?
Probably fourth and short or
on third down when coach calls a
blitz. Its an all-out mindset. As an
outside linebacker, my favorite thing
is to blitz.
What has it been like to see
the program improve over your
career?
Its great to start to build a tra-
dition at this school where people
expect to win and expect to beat
certain teams and be a nationalcontender each year.
What has Mines taught you
over your ve years?
Everyone talks about how tough
Mines is, but no one really knows
what its like until they go here. It
denitely forces you to learn time
management and skills that you
dont get anywhere else.What are your favorite NFL
and NCAA football teams?
I still like CU even though they
dont win very much. And the [Den-
ver] Broncos, I have to go stay with
Alex Vigil puts pressure on the quarterback in their game
against New Mexico highlands.
STEVEN WOOLDRIDGE / OREDIGGER
All eyes were on the CSM soc-
cer complex Friday night as the
20th-ranked Oredigger mens team
hosted second-ranked Fort Lewis
College in a crucial Rocky Moun-
tain Athletic Conference match be-
tween bitter rivals. The game was
hotly contested, played with the
fury and determination one would
expect from a conference rivalry.
A rowdy crowd was on hand, in-
cluding a large contingent from Du-
rango supporting the visiting Sky-
hawks. Unfortunately, the visitors
pulled away late for a 4-1 victory
over the Orediggers.
In the opening minutes, the
Skyhawks were dominant, and
only luck and superb defense on
Mines part limited the early dam-
age to a single goal. The goal,
scored by striker Artur Piperkov
ten minutes into the rst half, came
after a masterful joint drive passing
display deep inside the Orediggers
end of the eld. Mines settled in af-
ter this early setback, and the mid-
eld gained control of possession
for much of the remainder of the
rst half, largely keeping the ball
away from the Mines defense.
Although Mines strikers did not
pull off any runs through the Sky-
hawk defense, it was not for lack
of effort, and the aggressive, hard-
charging Mines offense paid divi-
dends late in the rst half. Following
a desperate Skyhawk foul to stop a
serious charge at the goal, Mines
midelder Alex Nass coolly netted
a goal off of a free kick from about
thirty yards. Several Mines strikers
crashed the goal in order to dis-
tract the Skyhawk goalkeeper, who
Mines soccer falls to Ft. Lewismissed what should have been aroutine save. The game was tied,
the crowd was on its feet, and the
momentum temporarily shifted.
The second half opened with
a series of missed opportunities
for both sides, as a combination
of spectacular saves and narrow
misses perpetuated the dead-
locked score. This was a very
physical half, with a number of yel-
low cards on both sides. Fort Lew-
is continued to wear at the Mines
defense, applying more and more
pressure as the half progressed.
Finally, the dam broke as Johannes
Sander netted a header off of a
corner kick in the 64th minute. Fort
Lewis unleashed all of its repower
in the nal half hour, scoring two
more goals to complete a regular
season sweep of the Orediggers,
4-1. It was an exciting game, but
the Orediggers seemed outgunned
from the start against one of the
elite Division II teams.
Sept 25:
Mens Soccer- Metro St. 2,
#11 CSM 1 OT - Sean Helster
scored his rst goal of the yearon a header from an Alex Nass
free kick with less than two
minutes left to play, forcing an
overtime. Goalkeeper Manville
Strand made an impressive 10
saves as Mines fell four minutes
into the extra session.
Sept 27:
Volleyball - CSM 3, UCCS
2 - Jackie Stabell nished with
a match-high 17 kills as the
Orediggers outlasted the Moun-
tain Lions in ve sets. Melanie
Wannamaker added 15 kills and
Sam Johnson had 13 in the win.
Amanda Massey nished with
47 assists and Hannah Mar-
gheim led CSM with 17 digs.
Sept 30:
Mens Soccer - #2 Ft. Lewis
4, #20 CSM 1 - Alex Nass scored
his third goal of the season on a
free kick in the 31st minute to tie
the game at 1, heading into half-
time. Tesho Akindele and Baski
Baker each had shots on goal,
the home team.What has been your least fa-
vorite class?
Oh, freshman chemistry. That
class was crazy. Every test we hadwas like, a 40% average.
What is your favorite part
about the football team?
Football is kind of its own frat.
Every Saturday, everyone is in the
same place, and were all doing the
same thing. When were freshman,
our coach tells us to Look around,
these will be your best friends in
life.
As a senior what advicewould you give incoming stu-
dents?
A lot of kids quit, but even when
its tough, its worth it. Stick with it,
cause these will be some of the
best times of your life.
but the Orediggers were over-
powered 3-0 in the second half
by 2nd-ranked Ft. Lewis.
Womens Soccer - #20 CSM
1, UNK 1 2OT - A late goal in
the 87th minute by Anna Evans,
her seventh of the season, tied
the game at 1-1. Amy Hegarty
made three saves as neither
team scored in either of the ex-
tra sessions.
Oct 1:
Volleyball - CSM 3, CCU 0 -
Jackie Stabell led Mines with 14
Kills, Anna Padget-Shields had
9 and Holly Hutchison had 8 as
Mines cruised to the three set
win. Sam Johnson had 13 digs
and Amanda Massey added 32
assists as CSM won their fth
straight match improving to 5-2
in conference play.
Football - CSM 38, Ft. Lewis
11 - Clay Garcia threw for ve
touchdowns and 353 yards,
and four different Orediggers
scored touchdowns as Mines
cruised past Ft. Lewis 38-11.
Backup QB Matt Brown caught
two touchdown passes and Jer-
rod Doucet added another in the
win. Defensively, Ryan Wood
picked up his second intercep-
tion of the season.
Trevor Crane
Content Manager
This week inMines sportsVolleyball, football and menssoccer games
KEVIN EMORY / OREDIGGER
James Kergosien
Staff Writer
Alex Gunberg holds off Fort Lewis during Friday nights
game.
8/4/2019 The Oredigger Issue 5 - October 3, 2011
10/12
o p i n i o n october 3, 2011page 10
w w w . O R E D I G G E R . n e t
Ian Mertz
Staff Writer
Great inventions
Minds at MinesUnequal taxation is slavery.
This statement is not self-evident,and thus the terms in it need tobe dened in order to preventmisunderstandings. Taxationis the government requiring itscitizens to pay it a portion of themoney they earn. Inequality is thegovernment treating two citizensdifferently. Slavery is one personor entity forcibly taking anotherpersons time away from them.Unequal taxation is the govern-ment requiring one citizen to paya higher percentage of their in-come than another.
A persons income is rep-resentative of their time. Theyearn money when they use theirtime to provide either a product
or a service for someone else. That other person gives themmoney because he or she valuesthat product or service. In otherwords, a person trades their timefor money, and money in turn rep-resents the time they have spent.
When the government taxes aperson, they are taxing his or hertime. When a citizens income taxis 15%, the government is tak-ing 15% of his or her time. Thisis a perfectly legitimate role of thegovernment, as the governmentprovides services for its citizens
and in return the citizens mustfund the government. As long asthe taxation is equal for everyone,the government has not commit-
ted an immoral act. However, iftaxation is made unequal, it is nodifferent than slavery.
Here is an example of this.Person A made $10,000 in a yearand person B made $11,000 ina year. The government taxedperson A $1,000 and personB $2,000. Both had the sameamount of mon-ey after taxes,$9,000, but per-son A was taxedat 10% and per-son B was taxedat 18.18%. Thegovernment re-quired 8.18%more money from
person B, andthus required 8.18% more of theirtime. This works in reverse aswell. If person A and B were bothtaxed $1,000, person A wouldbe paying an extra 0.91%, orbe required to spend that muchmore of their time working for thegovernment. In both scenarios,the person paying the higher per-centage is being taxed unfairly.When the government asks ataxpayer to devote more time tothe government, it takes awayfrom that taxpayers time without
This years stone-age-themed homecoming was named Re-inventingthe Wheel. This title is a great way to describe homecoming, but a pooridea in practice. The wheel essentially has no aws, and has been in usefor thousands of years, making it perhaps the greatest invention of alltime. There are of course many other great inventions, which is why thisweek, Minds at Mines asks, What is the greatest invention of all timeand why?
Velcro. It is just brilliant. You can use itfor anything from sky diving to scuba diving.
Ross Peters
Linux. It is a free operating system thatanyone can use, and it has many implementa-tions in our daily life. Linux is software, whichmakes it different from other inventions.
John Reberry
Transistors, because they are whatmake computers work. They can beswitches or ampliers, and are a key toglobal communications.
Chris Marchbanks
Sliced bread. As an invention to which manyothers are compared, it has to be among the
greatest. Not many inventions can be the greatestsince themselves.
Derek Witte
The Material Transporting Carapace (a.k.abackpack.) Before these were invented, peoplehad to carry books and papers with theirhands. Who wants to do that?
Thomas Brown
Editorials Policy
The Oredigger is a designated public forum. Edi-
tors have the authority to make all content deci-
sions without censorship or advance approvaland may edit submitted pieces for length so long
as the original meaning of the piece is unchanged.
Opinions contained within the Opinion Section donot necessarily reect those of Colorado School of
Mines or The Oredigger. The Oredigger does not
accept submissions without identication and willconsider all requests for anonymity in publication
on a case-by-case basis. Submissions less than
300 words will receive preference.
ALL PHOTOS IAN MERTZ / OREDIGGER
To Whom It May Concern,I would like to ask that the
Oredigger apply a stronger handin examining the pieces that arepublished by its writers, and holdwriters to a higher standard ofreporting. I reference the storyObamas optimism not enoughto bring jobs in the Sept 19th is-sue. Your writer Will Parker statesBut one must consider that manyof these people own Limited Li-ability Companies (LLCs), An LLC
is a pass-through-entity, meaningthat the LLCs income is reportedon the owners tax return and theowner of the LLC is taxed not justfor their personal prot but alsotheir businesss prot.
This means that a businessowner who takes home $200,000a year may have a reported in-come of over a million a year be-cause of their businesss prot.
The majority of that prot they
spend by reinvesting in the com-pany, thus creating more jobs, butthey are taxed for the entire thing.
Lets apply a simple logictest to the writers statementthat they pay income taxes onover $1,000,000 but only earn$200,000. According to http://www.moneychimp.com/features/tax_brackets.htm an income of$1,000,000 would generate anincome tax payment of $327,314,far said persons $200,000 in-
come.So, according to your staff writ-
er, that person is taking out a loanof $127,314 every year to pay offhis or her income tax. And thatwould be on the low side as yourwriter said over a million a yearand I used only $1,000,000 as anexample. Clearly this throws alarge wrench in the writers claimsand theories and I would sincere-ly wish that a claim so blatantly
wrong would be noticed and thewriter would be required to pro-vide more information or sourcesto back up his claim and supporthis story.
I would hope that the Oredig-ger Newspaper, being an entityof the Colorado School of Mines,would conduct itself in a manorreecting our schools scienticand academic background andnot print such groundless claimswhich can not stand up to a sim-
ple common sense test.Perhaps you could refer the
writer to the section of their re-search (they DID provide youresearch to back up their storyright?) which discusses deduc-tions and write-offs (where theperson would show that they re-invested the money back to thebusiness and thus not pay incometax on that portion).
Andrew Furze
Letter to the editor
Will Parker
Assistant Design Editor
Davids Math Problem of the Week
When there are two numbers x and y, such that x 1 and y1, does it follow that y^x isalways greater than x^y if x is greater than y?
y^x>x^y, x>y
Math Quote of the WeekPure mathematics is the world's best game. It is more absorbing than chess, more of a
gamble than poker, and lasts longer than Monopoly. It's free. It can be played
anywhere; Archimedes did it in a bathtub. -Richard J. Trudeau
Please submit your solution to this weeks problem to [email protected]
Answer to last weeks problem:
(1-1)+(1-1)+(1-1)=0. 1-(1-1)-(1-1)-(1-1)=1.
S=1-1+1-1, 1-S=1-(1-1+1-)=1-1+1-1, 1-S=S, S=1/2
necessarily offering proportionalremuneration. One persons timeis being forcibly taken and usedfor another.
This unequal taxation is akin toslavery. A citizens time is beingforcibly taken from them not forservices they use, but rather forsomeone else. Additionally, taxesare mandatory. The IRS is a pow-erful force and if a person refusesto pay, they will be arrested andthrown into jail. The government,
through unequaltaxation, forciblytakes peoplestime away fromthem and usesit for someoneelse. This wouldbe slavery ifperpetrated bya private indi-
vidual.If unequal taxation is slavery,then the only way for the govern-ment not to violate the fourteenthamendment is to equally tax itspopulous. The way this is doneis through a at tax. A at tax isa when the government taxes ev-eryone at the same percentage.Each citizen is then required togive the same proportion of theirtime to the government. This isthe only fair way to tax; other-wise, the government is continu-ing slavery.
Two guarantees in life:Death and taxes
A citizens time is be-
ing forcibly taken from
them not for services
they use, but rather for
someone else.
8/4/2019 The Oredigger Issue 5 - October 3, 2011
11/12
s a t i r eoctober 3, 20 page 11
w w w . O R E D I G G E R . n e t
In their latest effort to attract
more people of the female per-
suasion to Mines, the nancial aid
department has announced sev-
eral new grants and scholarships
targeted at women. These new
scholarships have one limitation,
and it is one that many men will nd
annoying. Simply put, you need a
set of ovaries. While some men atthis prestigious school would see
this as an opportunity, most would
rather the nancial aid department
just be more lenient.
The woman responsible for the
new scholarships (and the limita-
tions on those scholarships), Gla-
dos Nazzin, is calling the new ef-
forts the No-Girl-Left-Behind act,
symbolizing her goal of having all
women attend Mines. The side ef-
fects of this new act by the nancial
aid department are perhaps more
profound than Nazzin rst an-
ticipated. The most important and
medically serious side effect will be
the vast number of men seeking a
set of ovaries for implantation. Ini-
tially this seems like a terrible idea,and does not make any sense to
the engineering mind. If you take
the time, however, you too will see
the logic. In todays world of eco-
nomic instability and high jobless-
ness rates, men have been driven
to do unseemly things. While hav-
ing a set of ovaries implanted in
your abdomen might seem a little
weird, with the rapidly rising cost
of school and the increasing dif-
culty in nding good paying jobs,
it has become the go-to solution
for many mewomen (pronounced
meh-wo-men, this is a new term
coined by the medical community
to describe those who have optedfor the ovaries implant).
How does this operation help
men pay for school? Quite simply,
having a set of ovaries allows you
to call yourself a woman, whether
you look like one or not. If you can
convince the nancial aid depart-
ment of the Colorado School of
Mines that you are a woman, they
will allow you to apply for these new
scholarships. Because real women
also apply for and often get the
same scholarships as men, they
dont need the special scholarships
that only apply to them, so that
money is available to mewomen.
When asked about these new
measures, one student was opti-
mistic. Frankly, Im excited aboutthe opportunities. Being a man
but also qualifying for sex-specic
scholarships and grants, this is
fantastic. I really wish Mines would
Mines to instituteNo-girl-left-behindYeshua Gordlitzky
Non-Girl Dude
have moved to this sooner, its real-
ly great. This student chose to see
the bright side of the sex-specic
scholarships, but some were not so
happy about it. One student com-
mented that he felt discriminated
against... Honestly, I really feel that
Mines is being unfair. I mean, there
are no scholarships for just men,
why should there be scholarships
for just women? If you look at it,
most of the women here are smart-
er than the men, and a lot of timesthe scholarships are just based on
grades, so they get more of them
anyway.
Further study showed the dis-
gruntled student to be in the major-
ity, and many agreed that having
a set of ovaries implanted in our
abdomens just doesnt seem like a
good idea. Another student add-
ed, I just really dont want to have
all the same parts as my girlfriend.
Thats just weird. He continued,
At least we cant have real boobs.
Well, not yet, anyway.
Now that Mines has instituted
No-Girl-Left-Behind, men have
chosen to step up their game.
Rather than allow Mines to become
all about the girls, those of the malepersuasion have decided to keep
being nerdy and socially awkward,
to keep as many normal girls away
from here as possible.
Enhance your technical undergraduate degree with a Master of
Science in Engineering and Technology Management (ETM).
A growing number of engineers and scientists have taken
advantage of this unique graduate business education program.
Join us for an Info Session & Reception to learn about the
benets of the ETM Program and to meet the ETM faculty and
students.
Tursday, October 27th at 6:00 p.m.
Student Center, Ballroom C
Refreshments will be served
Please RSVP to [email protected]
Engineering
andTechnology
Management
Division of Economics and Business Colorado School of Mines
Te best
of both worldsGRADUATE STUDIES
http://etm.mines.edu/
FellowshipsAvailable
Join us!
Sudoku
8/4/2019 The Oredigger Issue 5 - October 3, 2011
12/12
a d v e r t i s e m e n t october 3, 2011page 12
w w w O R E D I G G E R n e t